From: Fan Pu
Department of the SPECIAL CLASS GIFTED for YOUTHS
University of Science and Technology
Hefei, Anhui 230026, P.R. China
July 1, 1998
Dear Sir or Madam:
I take great pleasure in recommending Wang Yong, one of my favorite students, for admission into your distinguished graduate program.
Mr. Wang was admitted in 1986 at 14 years of age into the SPECIAL CLASS for the GIFTED YOUTHS, my university's unique program that caters to the intellectual needs of unusually talented Chinese youngsters. It was a rare privilege he earned with his nearly impeccable academic performance through the years of his elementary and secondary school.
He impressed me almost as he entered into my university, a major cradle of china's scientific and technological talents. At the time, members of the Gifted Class all had to spend half a month studying by themselves the principles of calculus and then take an exam so that we could eva luate their self-study capability. Mr. Wang scored the highest grade in that exam. He also exhibited a keenly whetted mind during class discussions. To my regret at the time, his English was not as good as his mathematics or physics. But I noticed he made a point of working especially hard in improving his English during his five undergraduate years with us. By now, he seems to be at least as proficient in English as most of his former classmates in the Gifted Class.
In my experience with Mr. Wang, I was impressed with not only his extraordinary intelligence but also his ambitions and persistence. I am sure that Mr. Wang will be an outstanding student in any doctoral program that he may care to enroll in. So I would like to support him firmly in his quest recommendation into account when considering his application. I would greatly appreciate it you decide to accept him as he wishes.
Yours sincerely
Fan Pu
Professor and Deputy Head
【扩展阅读】推荐信包含的主要题材
(一)与申请者的关系：表达清楚何种方式认识，譬如说是老师、指导教授，老板等，说明交往多久，如果是教授学生关系，对教授的科目做一个简短的说明，如果推荐信者是你的老板(主管)，请详细说明你的工作职责，
(二)推荐者对申请人人格个性特征的印象：譬如学习精神、工作态度、与同事(同学)相处的.情形、组织领导能力、学术专长、研究能力、有无工作经验与否，并加注评语，
(三)推荐者对你能否顺利完成学位的看法：譬如说，描述你对特别分配职务上的表现，以表现你的应变能力，又如，申请者是否有其它潜力未发挥? 如果申请者的成绩未尽理想，评述你对申请者的看法，解释申请者虽然形式上的成绩未尽理想，却有极深厚的潜力尚未发挥，如果申请者转系，也可以强调申请者有强烈的学习动机， 根据推荐者的观察，相信以申请者的表现，一定可以成功完成学业，
(四)推荐者对申请人人格个性特征的印象：譬如学习精神、工作态度、与同事(同学)相处的情形、组织领导能力、学术专长、研究能力、有无工作经验与否，并加注评语，
(五)重述推荐者对申请人的支持及能力的确认，以再次肯定对申请人的支持与推荐，
美国留学申请推荐信的模式
推荐信的格式有些模式可循，以下将针对各段提供模式作参考：
(一)抬头可用的格式有：
dear sir/madam;
to whom it may concern:
(二)第一段：引文句子可以引用如：
“it is a pleasure to recommend to you (name)， a former student of mine at (name of university).”
“i an very happy to have this opportunity to recommend (name)， who is presently applying for admission to your graduate (or undergraduate) program in (name of program).”
“i understand that (name) is applying for admissions to your graduate (undergraduate) school， and has requested that i write this letter of recommendation for her/him.”
“in my capacity as professor at xxxx university， i have known xxx for three years， as both his/her advisor and professor.”
(三)第二段：这段可以提供最实质的内容，譬如，如果推荐者是教授， 解释学生在他门下所修的课程，
“(name) took two of my courses during the 1984-85 academic year， as follows; “xxxxx” and “xxxxx”.”
“(name) was enrolled in three of classes from september 1984 to june 1986 “xxx” and “xxx”.”
接下来，教授写一些有关申请人在课堂上的表现，如完成的研究计划、实验室研究、研究报告、考试的成绩、课堂态度、讨论课的参与等，举出实例，